ACTIVE STAGE OF KARABAKH TALKS NOT OVER, OSCE MG FORMAT NOT EXHAUSTED

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.06.2007 13:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The active stage of the Nagorno Karabakh talks is
not over yet, RA National Assembly Vice Speaker, ARF Dashnaktsutyun
Bureau member Vahan Hovhannisian told a news conference in Yerevan.

Optimism of mediators is subjective, according to him.

"However I do not think that the OSCE MG format has been exhausted. The
mediators have thorough knowledge of the conflict. They are highly
professional and it will be almost impossible to replace them. Talks
on changing the format come from Azerbaijan," Mr Hovhannisian said.

He emphasized that Ilham Aliyev seems to be more inclined to a dialogue
during the talks than upon return to Baku. "Azerbaijan practices a
system of statements for internal and external use. What President
Aliyev says in Baku is absolutely contrary to what he says during
negotiations. This can be explained by cultivation of the image
of enemy-Armenian. We should not forget that the leadership and
opposition collide on two issues: oil and Karabakh. Living conditions
of the population, democracy and reforms are not discussed. From this
standpoint the situation in Armenia is much better. We have no reports
for internal and external use. We say the same things everywhere,"
Vahan Hovhannisian said.